The top priority of the American Red Cross is to provide disaster relief to individuals, families and communities who have been affected by various forms of disaster.

During disasters, we seek to minimize loss, comfort victims, and help them restart their lives by providing basic necessities
including:

• Food, clothing, temporary shelter, first aid, and mental-health counseling.
  
  
• The Red Cross also assists emergency responders through mobile feeding, handles inquiries from concerned family members outside the disaster area, and helps those affected by disaster to access other available resources, if necessary.
  

Red Cross disaster assistance is available to all residents in Morgan, Cass, Scott and Greene Counties who have been affected by disaster and the responding emergency workers.

• Families that are highest at risk for disasters are the members of the community who are low-income and/or suffer other disadvantages.
  
  
• American Red Cross assistance allows affected families to stay intact and afloat until they are able to recover, so as not to force the family into a state of homelessness or devastation from which they may not recover.

• This information enables commanders to make informed decisions regarding emergency leave when a military family faces crises such as death, critical illness, financial problems or birth. The American Red Cross is the ONLY agency that can provide emergency communications for military members and their families.